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- catalog abstract "Drug courts offer radically new ways to deal with the legal and social problems presented by repeat drug offenders, often dismissing criminal charges as an incentive for participation in therapeutic programs. Since the first drug court opened in 1989 in Florida, close to six hundred have been established throughout the United States. Although some observers have questioned their efficacy, no one until now has constructed an overall picture of the drug court phenomenon and its place in an American history of the social control of drugs. James Nolan examines not only how therapeutic strategies deviate from traditional judiciary proceedings, but also how these differences reflect changes afoot in American culture and conceptions of justice.".
- catalog contributor b12116932.
- catalog created "c2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "c2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2001.".
- catalog description "Drug courts offer radically new ways to deal with the legal and social problems presented by repeat drug offenders, often dismissing criminal charges as an incentive for participation in therapeutic programs. Since the first drug court opened in 1989 in Florida, close to six hundred have been established throughout the United States. Although some observers have questioned their efficacy, no one until now has constructed an overall picture of the drug court phenomenon and its place in an American history of the social control of drugs. James Nolan examines not only how therapeutic strategies deviate from traditional judiciary proceedings, but also how these differences reflect changes afoot in American culture and conceptions of justice.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-248) and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction -- Drugs and law: an historical perspective -- The drug court movement -- Therapeutic theater -- The un-common law -- Drug court storytelling -- The pathological shift -- The meaning of justice -- Reinventing justice -- Notes.".
- catalog extent "254 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0691074526 (CL : alk. paper)".
- catalog isPartOf "Princeton studies in cultural sociology".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "c2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press,".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "364.1/77 21".
- catalog subject "Drug abuse Treatment Law and legislation United States.".
- catalog subject "Drug and Narcotic Control United States.".
- catalog subject "Drug courts United States.".
- catalog subject "Jurisprudence United States.".
- catalog subject "KF3890 .N65 2001".
- catalog subject "Legislation, Drug United States.".
- catalog subject "Public Policy United States.".
- catalog subject "Substance-Related Disorders prevention & control United States.".
- catalog subject "Substance-Related Disorders therapy United States.".
- catalog subject "WM 270 N788r 2001".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction -- Drugs and law: an historical perspective -- The drug court movement -- Therapeutic theater -- The un-common law -- Drug court storytelling -- The pathological shift -- The meaning of justice -- Reinventing justice -- Notes.".
- catalog title "Reinventing justice : the American drug court movement / James L. Nolan, Jr.".
- catalog type "text".